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I don't think his job was under pressure at all.

This is where having a DOF is useful. A good one. And saleable assets. You sell atleast one of Longstaff, Willock and/or Joelinton to give Anderson a path way. When Anderson left he was arguably 6th choice CM. Thats what Fergie was great at. Letting players go at the right time. It’s difficult and I don’t blame Howe. His job was in question when he finished 7th.

DAZN are fucking shit. It seems to be every game they have audio problems where a commentator or presenters mic has a low volume.

Yep. Then there’s also the factor of much less pressure on him at Forest. Allowing him to develop in a more relaxed way with consistent game time.

If you can't beat em, join em I say, get your fingers out Saudis

‘He got plenty of minutes’ = less than 12 full games and 26 appearances. Less than 40 minutes an appearance. Harvey Elliot managed almost 3x the minutes in the same season. Anderson never got a solid run for us.

The guy I know who has a unit there said it was cheaper for bricks and mortar there than to just put his trailer on the stack seaburn site. I worked in Sunderland centre briefly a few years ago and it would be a bit far out to go on dinner etc. everyone in our office either went to Greggs or McDonald’s, or the bakers oven at a push until that slice opened, a total lack of options.

Thats my thought too re:Howe. Every game seems perilous for us. Every cup game, every prem game. Add into that CL. Can't risk any game. I don't really know what needs to happen for some games to be suitable for blooding in players.

Nah.

Shambles, just makes you want to give up on the game

Left winger isn’t he ?

Might be on holiday?

Honestly so many on here need to stop using twitter etc. it's absolute garbage most of the content around football especially during close season.

They are building that new pedestrian bridge, but in all honesty it’s pretty much 6 and 2 3’s in terms of quickness if you go over the Town bridge instead. The big test will come when all the building work on that side of the river starts. It’s going to be years of everything around it being demolished, and replacement buildings being built. How many people will fancy being there? How many bands and acts are going to happy having all the background noise drowned out their voices? Also how many fans are going to be happy going into it after Sunderland have just been smashed and it’s pissing down with rain and the realities of being promoted hit them instead of them being happy grabbing last minute winners in the Championship? Whilst all that work is going on, somewhere else in the city centre will open up and become more popular. As it happens, I hope it’s a success. There will be plenty of independent businesses ran by people who have put everything into them needing it to be successful. Sunderland needs them to be a success over dingy pubs serving watered down Carling with Wee Philly rolling out his latest Chubby Brown impression.

The whole situation has demonstrated that there can be value in us (intentionally) looking to sell young players we truly rate with an attached buy back clause. It can make men out of them.

He got plenty of minutes in his last season for us, and would’ve got even more if he didn’t get injured. Probably would’ve ended up around 2000 minutes which would’ve been some going for a breakout season in Prem. Think there’s a valid argument he would’ve been pushing Joelinton to take his starting spot. Howe clearly rated him by how much he was played before and post injury.

I don’t think Howe thinks he has that luxury. Could he afford to give Anderson 15 games ahead of Longstaff waiting for Anderson to get in gear? I consider Hall a higher ceiling player and it needed everyone else getting injured for him to get a 5 game run. Those 5 games he never looked back after that.

Elliot has always been good, been saying it for a while. Like his output in the championship at his age was elite, and Klopp always turned to him as the main man off the bench. Slot just weirdly doesn’t want him which will be a bad move by Liverpool but he’s got the power now.

4 Seven HD, whatever the fuck that is? Channel 163 on Sky Stream if that helps

It's on 4

It’s decent tbf, but don’t know how well it’ll do in long run as a bit of a trek apart from when something on at the ‘stadium’. Most the units weren’t even open last time I was there, which admittedly was a weekday in half term but still seemed a bit short sighted.

What sky channel is this on?! Google is shit!

Even more likely now, Germany 2-0 up

Do you not think he lacked the backbone and desire for the main job though? If he’d pushed himself for it he might have got it. I get the feeling he was happy to just step back into a lower pressure job.